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Posted by boredfatguy on 2/28/2015 8:43:00 PM (view original):
Warren Jabali  Carolina Cougar

Dan Issel on Warren Jabali: I played with the guy late in his career in Kentucky and our whole team was scared to death of the guy because he was so mean... we had a black rookie on our team...Warren noticed that the kid was wearing cotton underwear. Jabali reached over and literally ripped the shorts right off the kid. Warren said, "Don't you know that our ancestors had to pick this cotton? Get yourself some slick drawers." p.218 Loose Balls

LMFAO :-)

Posted by longtallbrad on 2/28/2015 11:30:00 AM (view original):
"Bad News" Marvin Barnes. 

Sorry, need help with sitemailing again, please.

Terry Pluto's classic basketball book 'Loose Balls' is filled with Barnes stories

- Bob Costas was a rookie announcer for the Spirits of St. Louis and provided a nugget: It was a given that Marvin would miss the 11 AM shoot around in Kentucky. Once he got the itinerary for the trip and noticed that the flight was exactly one hour, Because of the change in time zones, our return flight would leave Louisville at 8 AM and arrive in St. Louis at 7:59.

Marvin looked at that and announced: "I aint goin' on no time machine. I ain't takin' no flight that takes me back in time."

I hope he screws logtallbrads Denver Nuggets team up as much as he did the Spirits of St. Louis

Brother Marvin just needed the right guiding hand.  He's going to lay waste to this league while emerging as fan favorite, serving as a steadying influence in the locker room, and helping kittens out of trees.

St. Louis had a game in NY and the next day a game in Va.
Marvin decided to 'catch a later flight' out of LaGuardia .
Bob Costas:
By the time he got to the airport all the planes were gone, and he had to charter a private plane.
About 10 minutes before game time, at the back of the dressing room Marvin burst through some double doors, wearing a huge grin and Proclaimed "Boys, game time is ON TIME.!"

Steve Jones: Marvin was wearing a big wide brimmed hat and his floor length, $10,000 mink coat (1976 prices) He had a bag of McDonalds hamburgers and fries with him. Then he proclaimed "Have no fear, MB is here!" He opened his coat, and underneath has wearing his Spirits uniform.

Costas: the coach didn't start him, but put him in late in the first quarter. Marvin ended with 43 points and 19 rebounds.
Late in the first half the pilot of the charter plane appeared by the Spirits huddle. He wanted to be paid immediately and wouldn't trust Barnes to send him a check. Marvin had sweat pouring off his face and wrote the man a check while the other players were huddled around the coach during a timeout - right in the middle of a game. ( pages 379-380)

I call b.s. on longtall thinking Marvin will be a steadying locker room influence -

Mr. Barnes has seen the light and is going to open up a special can of whoop-a** whenever your boys deign to set foot in Denver.  You're just jealous.  We can't all have mink coats.

2nd Round
13 ... Va. Squires - (dh555) - Swen Nater
14 ... Mem. Sounds - (thohoops) - Red Robbins
15 ... Pitt. Condors - (jcred) - Dan Issel
16 ... Den. Nuggets - (longtallbrad) - Marvin Barnes
17 ...  L.A. Stars - (rubnsly) - Billy Paultz
18 ... Ky. Colonels - (cmcafeeky)  - Willie Wise
19 ... Mia. Floridians - (siedek) - George McGinnis
20 ... Spirits of St. L - (pharrop) - Louie Dampier
21 ... Car. Cougar - (boredfatguy) - Warren Jabali
22 ... Min.  Pipers - (98average) - John Beasley
23 ... NY  Nets - (Vancem) - Caldwell Jones
24 ... Oak.  Oaks - (skypilot) - Mack Calvin

3rd Round
25 ... Va. Squires - (dh555) - Don Buse
26 ... Mem. Sounds - (thohoops) - Maurice Lucas
27 ... Pitt. Condors - (jcred) - Chuck Williams
28 ... Den. Nuggets - (longtallbrad) - Bill Melchionni
29 ...  L.A. Stars - (rubnsly) - Mike Lewis
30 ... Ky. Colonels - (cmcafeeky)  - James Silas
31 ... Mia. Floridians - (siedek) - Roger Brown
32 ... Spirits of St. L - (pharrop) - Skip Thoren
33 ... Car. Cougar - (boredfatguy) - Rick Barry
34 ... Min.  Pipers - (98average) - Donnie Freeman
35 ... NY  Nets - (Vancem) - Randy Denton
36 ... Oak.  Oaks - (skypilot) - Jim McDaniels

Round 4
37 ... Oak.  Oaks - (skypilot) - 9:00 PM Mon. - Ron Boone
38 ... NY  Nets - (Vancem) - 9:00 AM Tue. - Ralph Simpson
39 ... Min.  Pipers - (98average) - 10:00 AM Tue.
40 ... Car. Cougar - (boredfatguy) - 11:00 AM
41 ... Spirits of St. L - (pharoop) - 12:00 Noon PM Tue
42 ... Mia. Floridians - (siedek) - 1:00 PM
43 ... Ky. Colonels - (cmcafeeky)  - 2:00 PM
44 ...  L.A. Stars - (rubnsly) - 3:00 PM
45 ... Den. Nuggets - (longtallbrad) - 4:00 PM
46 ... Pitt. Condors - (jcred) - 5:00 PM
47 ... Mem. Sounds - (thohoops) - 6:00 PM
48 ... Va. Squires - (dh555) - 7:00 PM

Sorry guys, old man fell asleep: Oakland takes...
Jim Mcdaniels and Ron Boone

Im liking your team sky

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